Acute steroid responsive small-fiber sensory neuropathy: A new entity?

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Dabby, Ron ^a   Gilad, Ronit ^a   Sadeh, Menachem ^a   Lampl, Yair ^a   Watemberg, Nathan ^a,b  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Erythromelalgia; Neuropathic pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Small nerve fiber neuropathy; Steroids

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SENSATION; SMALL FIBER SENSORY NEUROPATHY; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDNISONE; SKIN;

EID: 33644763291     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1085-9489.2006.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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